James Webb Telescope snoops the heart of close spiral galaxies

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NASA's James webb telescope looks the nearby spiral galaxies for detail study of star formation.

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This study is part of a much larger survey where astronomers use to study the inner core of spiral galaxies.

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The goal was simple, to learn about the process of star formation and role of gas and dust in galactic formation.

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Due to Webb infrared imaging tools, this image shows the inner core of observed galaxies.

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The data has enabled an initial collection of 21 research papers which provide new insight...

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into how some of the smallest-scale processes in our universe, the beginnings of star formation, impact the evolution of the largest objects in our cosmos.

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This largest survey of nearby galaxies, is currently being carried out by the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby Galaxies (PHANGS) collaboration

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Team is currently observing a total of 19 spiral galaxies located near our own by using high resolution images of Webb.

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